A Fatal Fire. Auckland, July 7
Edward Walden was burned to death in a fire which destroyed a boarding house and store at Pokena. Walden entered the burning…
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547 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 28
The Fire Fiend. The "Independent" Has a Hot Time
Business as usual! We're here because we're here! Lucky indeed to have a home…
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Just after tea on Wednesday the alarm of fire was given that the "Independent" office was on fire, and in no time over fifty people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Fire Station
Recently the Wagga Municipal Council submitted to the Board of Fire Commissioners a proposal for the exchange of the present Wagga fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Fire Station. Suitable Site Wanted
The New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners favors the pro[?]al for an exchange of the existing Fire Station site and building for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enquiry Into Yensen's Fire. Coroner Returns an Open Verdict
At the Leeton Courthouse yesterday (Thursday) afternoon, the district coroner, Mr. W. C. Barker, J.P., held an enquiry into the cause of how…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Gundagai
Early on Sunday evening the office of the Gundagai "Independent" caught fire. In fifteen minutes damage estimated at £250 was done to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Fire at Hay
A fire broke out early on Wednesday morning in a boot shop at Hay occupied by [?] Barnes. The shop was gutted, and the fire also damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City on Fire. 10,000 People Homeless. a Student's Act. Rome
The Australian Press Association's Messina correspondent reports that the section of the city of Messina rebuilt by Americans after the 1908…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Chief. Has Fire at His Own Flat
Other people's fires are not half so exciting as those in which you are per[?]anally interested. That is the conch[?]sion (reports the "Herald") of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Fires Buildings Sentenced to 12 Months'. Sydney
Francis Bridges, aged 14, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions for having set fire to buildings at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Fires School Building
Francis Bridges (14) was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions for having set fire to buildings at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junee Fire Brigade Ball. a Brilliant Function
When the members of the Junee Volunteer Fire Brigade undertake to arrange any social function the public are assured of an entertainment of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good Pine Poles Awaiting a Bush Fire
We draw the attention of Commission officials, who regularly pass along the railway line between Leeton and Griffith to the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrow Escape From Fire
A Sydney message states that a two storied shop at Bellingen, occupied by George Suthriens, was destroyed by fire at four o'clock on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man's Clothes on Fire
When Guard Kurtz was proceeding to the Mudgee railway station he stopped at a fire near the locomotive shed where a Sydney laborer, named Downie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Benzine and Fire. Dangerous Mixture. Mudgee
A laborer named Downie, who was camped near the locomotive sheds at Mudgee station, had a benzine tin near a fire, intending to use it as a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Bellingen. Sunday Morning Excitement Bellingen
A fire yesterday morning destroyed a two storied shop in Hyde Street, occupied by George Suthrien, who was cut off by the flames and narrowly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Back Fire Causes Damage
A new one-ton Ford Lorry was destroyed by fire near the Adelong Rifle Range last week. The owner, Mr. A. Hales, was gathering wood and had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Fire a Harrowing Scene. Man and Eight Horses Killed. Sydney
A nightwatchman, John Sullivan and eight horses were burnt to death to-night in a fire which destroyed the livery stables of W. E. Budd and…
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